Hi, I just bought me a new Lite-On 166S drive a week ago and upgraded it to the latest DS14 firmware shortly after. I would like you 166S owners(actually JLMS XJ-HD166S)to tell me if your drive makes a slight grinding noise for about 2-3 secs when a new discs is inserted? It sounds like the laser is adjusting to the media to me. After that first 2-3 seconds it is very quiet even at DVD-ROM ripping speeds of 7-16X! Do all the Lite-On 16X drives do this on initilization, or do I have a bad drive?

Thats exactly what it sounds like is spinning metals that are helping to stabilize the disc. Its a nice feeling to know my BALLS are fine if you know what I mean. Thank you for your helpful input guys. Now I don't have to worry about RMA procedures anymore.

hi there, i just bought jlms 166s dvd-rom today. but i'm worried about grinding noise the drive makes just after ejecting the disc. Is this normal for this drive or is it having problems? i did find out after reading these posts that it does make this noise when a disc is inserted but does it make this noise when a disc is ejected?

hi there, i just bought jlms 166s dvd-rom today. but i'm worried about grinding noise the drive makes just after ejecting the disc. Is this normal for this drive or is it having problems? i did find out after reading these posts that it does make this noise when a disc is inserted but does it make this grinding noise when a disc is ejected?